Here’s a simple bash script snippet I use for detecting the OS information on the current system.
#!/bin/bash ### Getting OS Information if [ -f /etc/lsb-release ]; then . /etc/lsb-release DIST=$DISTRIB_ID DIST_VER=$DISTRIB_RELEASE else DIST="Unknown" DIST_VER="Unknown" fi if [ -f /etc/debian_version ]; then OS="Debian" VER=$(cat /etc/debian_version) elif [ -f /etc/redhat-release ]; then OS="Red Hat" VER=$(cat /etc/redhat-release) elif [ -f /etc/SuSE-release ]; then OS="SuSE" VER=$(cat /etc/SuSE-release) else OS=$(uname -s) VER=$(uname -r) fi